Importance of the preoperative prognostic nutritional index score as a predictor of chronic lung allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation: a Japanese single-institution study

ConclusionWe found that a lower preoperative PNI of the recipient was significantly associated with a higher incidence rate of CLAD. The preoperative PNI may, therefore, be useful as a predictor of the development of CLAD.
Source: Surgery Today - Category: Surgery Source Type: research